Specialty Registrar/Clinical Fellow/ST3+ Cardiology

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and enthusiastic team, who believe in leading from the frontline, with the aim of providing outstanding care to our community and investing in the well-being and development of our people.

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (RBFT) is the main provider of secondary care services for the population of West Berkshire, and also serves people in the East Berkshire and bordering areas. Our specialist centre is the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, a large district hospital with the expertise to treat patients requiring urgent or hyper acute care. Additionally, we have a number of community sites in Thatcham, Windsor, Bracknell and Henley-on-Thames where we deliver ambulatory care and diagnostics.

We are a designated specialist centre in renal, cancer, bariatric, cardiac and stroke. We also provide specialist care as part of a care network through a local neonatal unit, maternity unit, an interventional radiology unit and a trauma unit. We are part of the critical care and vascular care networks. As a founder member of the Berkshire West Integrated Care Systems (ICS), we are one of NHS England's demonstrator sites between primary, community, mental health and acute healthcare services.

Main duties of the job: This Trust is looking to recruit an experienced Resident Doctor to fill a current IMT3+ vacancy in specialty Cardiology. The post-holder will be expected to operate at a level equivalent to a first-year Cardiology registrar and thus prior Cardiology experience is a pre-requisite for the role. Although this role is an IMT3-level post, applicants with prior Cardiology SpR experience are welcome to apply. This post is available immediately for 6 months (August 2026) in the first instance.

About us: The Department of Cardiology at the Royal Berkshire Hospital has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We are two-time recipients of the Best Training Hospital (non-surgical centre) award from the British Junior Cardiologist Association. We achieved University department status with Reading University in 2020 and have successfully achieved reaccreditation in 2023. Our cardiac physiology department has been BSE accredited since 2015. We are highly active in research including participating in the National Institute of Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) through the National Cardiac Audit Programme, where we have historically been the number one hospital in the country for three consecutive years for providing patients with primary angioplasty treatment within 120 minutes. The cardiology medical team comprises 12 consultant cardiologists working at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, 2 speciality doctors and 5 specialist registrars. We run a Consultant of the Week system with daily consultant ward rounds.

The Royal Berkshire Hospital has two Cardiology wards: Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) with 19 higher monitoring beds. They take direct admissions for all cardiac chest pains, primary PCI activations and arrhythmias; Whitley Ward admits patients treated by our cardiology services catering for acute medical and cardiology patients in their 28 beds.

Job responsibilities: The IMT3+ post will predominantly involve daytime work on the Cardiology wards, including CCU, with some weekend daytime working to cover the Cardiology out-of-hours rota. Rotas are all DRS4 compliant. Cardiology clinic, imaging and procedural experience is also available to the suitable candidate.

Post holders are entitled to 5 days study leave per 6 months and can attend trust teaching appropriate to their grade (co-ordinated a department ensuring adequate ward staffing cover). We are determined to support successful applicants with career progression and actively encourage and support involvement in Quality Improvement, learning and exam/interview preparation.

Although this is not an approved training post, the successful candidate will be allocated an educational supervisor and will be supported to complete work-based assessments matched to Cardiology Registrar curriculum competencies. The post holder will be encouraged to attend appropriate teaching sessions within the Trust, including the potential of sub-specialist exposure to support career progression and applications to training programmes.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications: MBBS or equivalent medical qualification, Advanced Life Support, GMC registered to practice, Full MRCP, Post graduate qualifications or diplomas, Teaching qualifications.
• Experience: Completion of Foundation year training or equivalent, Previous experience of working in the NHS as a doctor, At least 2 years experience post foundation, including at least 4 months in Cardiology, Previous experience in one of the following specialties: Cardiology; Respiratory medicine or other medical specialties at FY2 or higher level; Emergency medicine; Intensive Care Medicine, Post registration experience working in cardiology, 6+ months of prior Cardiology experience, Practical experience in Cardiology tests and procedures.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£52,656 to £65,048 a year dependent on experience (pro rata for part time).